Hard Red Spring Wheat Lines with Fhb7The2. (Photo by Xiwen Cai)

New Fusarium Disease Resistant Wheats

ARS researchers are helping wheat farmers deal with a devastating crop disease. ARS scientists in Lincoln, NE released new lines of common and durum wheat with resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB). FHB, commonly known as scab, significantly affects wheat and barley, resulting in approximately $1B in yield losses annually in the U.S. and worldwide. Learn more...

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.